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  1. Path: ix.netcom.com!jamescha
  2. From: jamesch@popd.ix.netcom.com (ChrisC)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
  4. Subject: Re: B&W C64
  5. Date: Mon, 18 Mar 96 00:06:27 GMT
  6. Organization: Netcom
  7. Message-ID: <4ii94u$66@reader2.ix.netcom.com>
  8. References: <433654565wnr@makland.demon.co.uk>
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  13. In article <433654565wnr@makland.demon.co.uk>, Martin@makland.demon.co.uk wrote:
  14. >I have just bought a C64 at a very reasonable price - I turned the 
  15. >machine on hoping to see the familiar blue commodore screen, but only 
  16. >got a grey one.  The computer works perfectly in every other way.  I 
  17. >have checked the obvious - cable, TV etc. but to no avail.
  18. >
  19. >Is it likely that a chip is malfunctioning - if so, which is the most 
  20. >likley suspect?
  21. >
  22. >Thanks in advance
  23. >
  24. >-- 
  25. > ---------------------------------------------
  26. >| \ o                                       o \
  27. >|  \ o            Martin Trezise             o \
  28. >| o \ o           ==============              o \
  29. >| o  \ o                                       o \
  30. >| o   \ o   email: martin@makland.demon.co.uk   o \
  31. >| o    \ o                                       o \
  32. >| o     \ o                                       o \
  33. >| o      \ o                                       o \
  34. >----------\ o                                       o \
  35. >           ---------------------------------------------
  36. >
  37.  
  38. Probably the monitor cable is bad. or else, you're using  the luma signal into 
  39. a composit monitor.
  40. If you are using an 8 pin din connector, you need both luma/chroma signals.
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